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| Annika |
Posted - Oct 02 2015 : 08:41:04 AM
Started out with washer motor spectacularly dying. Water heater croaked too. Grand nephews had to stay for three days due to an emergency and landlady needed my help with her farm due to illness! TGIF!!!! Coffee has saved my life this week  I'm blessed to be 55 and still have a lot of spunk and bounce left. Still waiting for the washer fix and need to dash in to town to use a pay laundry. Replaced the water heater and sent the little beasts home to mum with a basket of fresh eggs. I'm trying to hook up with backyard harvest and any other likely person with unwanted apples to go gathering on Sunday. I was going to paint house trim tomorrow, but the weather is predicted to be very windy and icky, so I'll find other trouble to get into. Maybe go junk shopping or to a bookstore. We looked at another piece of property, 11 acres, that I love and hope to buy if we can't get anything closer in.
How 'bout your week? |
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Nov 04 2015 : 10:44:43 PM
Annika, taking care of elders is definitely a challenge, but You are doing it with love. God bless you.
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 04 2015 : 11:35:08 AM
I hope that you girls are staying out of trouble and having a good week so far. My life has been a madhouse as usual and I've not been on very often lately. =P Mum in law is past 90 and diabetic, as I've said and is about to have an MRI for her fainting and dizzy episodes. Hopefully we'll have some good idea what we are in for with her soon. Poor girl. My dad is having a bone biopsy and has just finished yet another round of chemo and my pop in law, past 100, has had a series of micro strokes and has sustained more brain damage this time. He is like a confused and cranky child sometimes and doesn't seem to know who we all are. He's in a better live in managed care place now, so he has someone with him all the time, and we don't have to worry about him wandering off. The last place wasn't very good with him and he wandered off with out his clothes one afternoon. We weren't terribly thrilled with them. It's trying and sad dealing with these elder ones and yet, they were there for us. I am trying to see all of this as the natural course of life and maintain a calm and peaceful mind. We are all born and we all pass. I'm going to do my best to give us all a smashing holiday this year. Nobody is allowed to check out before Christmas (Crossin' my fingers anyway) Anyway. So busy, busy with family.
In between all of this, I'm canning pumpkin and everything else that I can toss in the pot, and trying to sew crafts to sell for a bit of Christmas money. Never. a. dull. moment!
Loves to ya all. |
| Needle |
Posted - Nov 03 2015 : 02:45:29 AM
How cool is that?!looks like they had a great time!
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Nov 02 2015 : 6:11:00 PM
Hey Marie, they look like they had a lot of fun. Hope you are healing well.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| churunga |
Posted - Nov 02 2015 : 08:25:11 AM
DH's band, Ten Thirty Bones, had a party on Halloween night. We booked a hall right in our neighborhood for less than $100 for twelve hours. Here's a picture of the band:
Left to Right: Dave, guitar and vocals; Johanna, guitar, vocals and keyboards; Vlad, drums; Joe, bass and vocals; Lowell, guitar, vocals, keyboards and arrangements.
It was a lot of work and we made enough money to pay for the hall and the band. I also have a bag full of uneaten candy.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Nov 01 2015 : 6:06:21 PM
That is good news. Light duty should be just perfect, but e should still be really careful. Believe me, I speak from experience.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| Needle |
Posted - Nov 01 2015 : 2:51:59 PM
Things are really looking up! My DH goes back to work tomorrow on light duty!
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Needle |
Posted - Oct 28 2015 : 5:44:09 PM
Had a great time with our grandkids! Had the two little ones one weekend and our 15 year old granddaughter the next. My DH was told by his Dr. That he is way ahead of the curve with his rotator cuff surgery. He's driving and can go back to work on light duty. Now all we need is for Universal to schedule him back to work. Life is good!!
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Oct 17 2015 : 5:48:04 PM
Oh gosh girls, when did someone take a picture of me on the roller coaster? Lol. We all need a good laugh.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 17 2015 : 05:16:29 AM
I enjoyed hearing about what y'all have been up to. The picture of the woman holding her hat while her dress blew up is priceless. More power to her for being on a roller coaster ~~ not one of my favorite things.
This week has been busy but in a good way. Wed my sister and I visited our great niece and her triplets, Gentry, Oliver, and London. They will be two Dec 1 and are full of energy. Gentry crawled onto my lap, so I could read to him. It's been 40 years since I read to a child. I liked it. Oliver wanted my shoes to walk around in and of course being a good Great-Great Auntie he got them. London had little to do with me ~~ she played with my sister.
Another day I grocery shopped and today my niece is picking me up to go to Olive Paris ~~ the olive oil shop.
Yesterday I tried to rake the back yard, but between the strong west wind and the chickens scratching in the leaf piles I gave up. It will just have to wait until a calmer day and the chickens are in their coop.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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| Needle |
Posted - Oct 17 2015 : 02:52:37 AM
You all are the encouragement I need! Another day at Hogsmeade,my most unfaorate venue. But that's ok, because we're getting our two youngest grandchildren for the night! They are up in Georgia so don't get them very often. Also DH is going to the Dr. on Tuesday. Physical therapist is pleased with his progress so hopefully he will return to work on light duty and will be allowed to drive. Marie and Annika hang in there. I just keep telling myself "This too shall pass." Prayers and good thoughts! I'm off to see the wizard. LOL!
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Annika |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 7:33:11 PM
Grace, I laugh long and loud all the time =P Love that picture =) |
| quiltee |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 7:01:34 PM
Love that, too, Annika
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| Annika |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 2:31:15 PM
Live life in real time my friends. Be the girls in the front seat 
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 2:21:11 PM
I agree . . . here's the place for encouragement, support, friendship, prayers, cheering and laughter!
Thank you FARMGIRLS!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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| quiltee |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 1:22:04 PM
Love that picture. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| katmom |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 11:17:18 AM
Oh Marie,,, hugz
Ladies,,, I must confess,,, just when I feel the stress of life... I pop into the MJF forum,,, and you gals cheer me up,,, make me laugh and encourage to push forward,,,
What lucky farmgirls we are...
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| quiltee |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 09:49:22 AM
Annika - you sure have your hands full - and a very full schedule ahead for the Fall. Take some time to rest yourself.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| Annika |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 08:41:55 AM
Marie ~ Thank the stars for your neighbor! Please heal up and feel well before you toss yourself back into the fray. Hugs and pumpkin muffins all 'round. Y'all sound like you need it.
I've spent the better part of the last 10 days with my elderly mum in law. She's been diabetic for a lot of her adult life and is now past 90. She's a tough and spirited lady, but she has been having light headedness and needs to be kept an eye on. My FIL is in managed care and my dad just finished chemo. Been a busy month so far. I've got a source for wool fleece and am finishing up my pre-holiday - post harvest season cleaning before I try my hand at wet felting. Soon the seed catalogs will arrive and the garden planning will begin :D And THEN there is getting ready, stocking the pantry, making lists and ordering things for the holiday! My landlady's animals keep getting out and causing trouble and my old jeep needs more work. Never a dull moment...
I hope that all of you have the best weekend possible <3 |
| quiltee |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 08:13:22 AM
Marie - Take care of yourself - sounds like your neighbor is more help than your DH. Get your rest while you can.
Judy - I hope your days are less stressful now?
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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| churunga |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 08:06:49 AM
My week started with a hysterectomy on Tuesday. I had been planning for my recovery for a week and kind of ran myself ragged doing it. DH was so much help, NOT. I was supposed to stay overnight but that was somehow not communicated to the nurses. They made it sound as if it wasn't medically necessary as if mental health is not a medical necessity. I believe that a bit of a ruckus has been stirred up by this.
I couldn't convince DH that I needed to eat pudding and jello for a few days. He doesn't buy that stuff because he is an organic animal and will not shop at conventional grocery stores. A male neighbor got some for me. His wife had a hysterectomy years ago and knows how to do the care. Lovely man. He also checks in on me and walks the dogs.
I've been watching TV, playing games on the tablet and sleeping mostly. I have to get up and get out of the house on Monday.
Marie, Sister #5142
Farmgirl of the Month May 2014
Try everything once and the fun things twice. |
| Needle |
Posted - Oct 13 2015 : 3:51:38 PM
.jpg?v 63806530) FYI If I've had a really bad day I think I'll just post this and let it go at that! LOL!
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Oct 12 2015 : 7:58:57 PM
Judy, tell your husband things do get better and not to try to do things too soon. Your projects with scraps are so fun. Maybe when things settle down you can make a quilt. It's a great winter project.
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| Needle |
Posted - Oct 12 2015 : 2:26:22 PM
Just saw my post from the other day. Don't know where the puppy picture came from?!? I Deleted the picture. Can't figure out how to post the right one. :(
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
| Needle |
Posted - Oct 12 2015 : 2:21:30 PM
Bonnie, I've never quilted, but I do enjoy making things out of the scraps from other larger projects. I did make me a "Farmgirl" backpack. And made sandwich wraps, and snack packs from scraps.
Farm Girl Sister #6566
The road of life is made smoother when traveled with someone you love. |
